Max
max@towardsliberty.com
Praxeologist ~ Cryptoanarchist ~ Cypherpunk
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Pay with bitcoin or dirty fiat. International shipping available.
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Ayn Rand would approve:
https://fountain.fm/episode/TqZ3FgFAd4hxdNJSTT1w
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- announces a new aggregate signature protocol
compatible with secp256k1
- describes a standardized backup scheme for
wallet descriptors
- summarizes popular Q&A from Stack Exchange
- Optech Newsletter #351 Recap
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2025/04/25/
Jonas Nick, Tim Ruffing, Yannick Seurin posted to the Bitcoin-Dev mailing list to announce a paper they’ve written about creating 64-byte aggregate signatures compatible with the cryptographic primitives already used by Bitcoin...
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2025/04/25/#interactive-aggregate-signatures-compatible-with-secp256k1
Salvatore Ingala posted to Delving Bitcoin a summary of various tradeoffs related to backing up wallet descriptors and a proposed scheme that should be useful for many different types of wallets, including those using complex scripts...
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2025/04/25/#standardized-backup-for-wallet-descriptors
Selected Q&A from Bitcoin Stack Exchange:
- Practicality of half-aggregated schnorr signatures?
- What’s the largest size OP_RETURN payload ever created?
- Non-LN
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At Lava, we’ve built the most secure way to borrow against your bitcoin.
No counterparties, no custodians, no bridges. Instead, we’ve built a fully on-chain lending protocol that leverages Discreet Log Contracts (DLCs), which are smart contracts that are native to Bitcoin.
Using Lava, you can take out a USD loan using your Bitcoin as collateral *without giving up self-custody*. It’s fast, secure, and we offer some of the best rates in the business.
You can check us out at http://lava.xyz to learn more!
We’re excited to be here on Nostr!
#introductions
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then i was: ohhh wow, looks interesting. then: write a rust implementation
then start thinking: wait, maybe it could be a good candidate for a Circle STARK friendly AND Bitcoin Script friendly hash function
then: start doing analysis and cost estimate
then realise that they would NOT be practical to implement in Bitcoin Script...
It's a pity for this but still it's very interesting hash functions, and the fact that they natively work with M31 is super promising.
Maybe it's worth building a Cairo and Solidity implementation and benchmark the costs. They might be more interesting to use than Poseidon for Circle STARKs M31.
Paper: https://eprint.iacr.org/2024/1635.pdf
Rust repo: https://github.com/AbdelStark/rpo-xhash-m31

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Support the crowdfund and it will be a meatup too! #CypherpunkBBQ
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Make Cypherpunk meetup... happen (not great again, we will make it great, your job is to come!)
https://pay.cypherpunk.today/apps/2XpjQGab73AHiuHq1KNEEyFFKSZx/crowdfund
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It provides an attractive front end for all the movies @kinostr and myself have been posting to Nostr, making it a lot easier to browse what is available.
You can also post new films yourself!

Archive.org has many films available.
A quick how to:
🔹Sign into kinostr.com with your Nostr account.
🔹Search "your_movie archive.org" in your favorite search engine.
🔹Once you find it, under the archive.org download options click "show all"
🔹Copy the MP4 link for the movie and paste it into kinostr.com
🔹Provide a cover image too, themoviedb.org is a great source with lots of fan sourced images.
🔹Click "Publish Film" and it will post a note with your movie and add it to kinostr.com
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A static site generator for long-form Nostr content. Download events by IDs and generate beautiful HTML pages.
Features:
- Multiple relay support
- Dark/light theme
- GitHub Pages ready
Check it out: https://github.com/dhalsim/nostr-static
Demo: https://blog.nostrize.me
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Think for yourself.
Stop following orders.
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We've spent a big part of 2024 trying to make a reliable non-custodial signer with nsec.app. It hasn't worked out perfectly - remote access to keys stored on a mobile device is still unreliable, especially on iOS.
That's why we got very interested in AWS Nitro Enclaves - h/t @Marks and MapleAI team for inspiration!
The idea is to have an open-source custodial signer and deploy it in an isolated environment that provides attestation for the deployed code. Anyone would be able to reproduce the code build and verify that the signer is running the correct code in a safe environment.
So here it is: https://github.com/nostrband/noauth-enclaved
Each instance of a signer deployed in an enclave announces itself on Nostr. We added some Nostr to attestation provided by AWS - the report is linked
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https://docs.arklabs.xyz/
Bitcoin's blockchain offers strong security guarantees at the tradeoff of limited transaction throughput, high fees, and settlement delays, restricting its practical use for various applications requiring greater scalability, lower costs, or faster settlement.
Ark addresses these limitations primarily through a novel batching technique, aggregating numerous individual Bitcoin transactions into a single onchain Bitcoin commitment—called a Batch Output. This significantly reduces transaction costs per user and greatly enhances scalability.
The protocol mirrors Bitcoin’s familiar UTXO structure using Virtual Transaction Outputs (VTXOs). These offchain abstractions preserve a familiar output ownership model while embedding many claims into a single Batch Output. VTXOs ensure that users retain unilateral control over their funds and enable efficient offchain coordination before final settlement on Bitcoin.
Link for details!
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- Fuzz testing tool for Bitcoin nodes
- Message signing
- PSBTv2 explorer
- MPC Library
- Bitcoin Core 29.0
- And more!
Catch up:
https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2025/04/22/
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Currently, a WabiSabi coordinator only requires:
* The gettxout RPC call to verify that inputs being registered are unspent and mature
* A mining fee rate provider to determine how much each input/output should pay to the network
These requirements can be satisfied even by a pruned Bitcoin node and don't present any obstacles.
In an ideal world, each coordinator would announce itself (for example, as an onion service), and then clients could agree on which coordinator to connect to for the next CoinJoin round. However, in the real world, malicious actors could create hundreds or thousands of onion services to maximize their chances of being selected.
Is there any way to solve this
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This was in the Wasabi ToDo list since 2021. The crypto was implemented nine months ago and it seems we are going to finally have it in our next release!
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Read more on: coinjoin.nl

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https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nostr/commit/bdeb03aeaf2d44db954e0eb1356a3f585ee7c50d
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https://rossulbricht.medium.com/decentralize-social-media-cc47dcfd4f99
I'll be mirroring my X account here and hopefully finding some good conversations.
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We do not own your funds.
You have full custody.
You set up the wallet.
You control the project.
Even if the Angor devs disapear, you can continue to use Angor.
Protocols not platforms. This is the way.
#Bitcoin #Nostr #Freeyourself
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Satocash is a Satochip Cashu applet running on a Java Card. This is an NFC card with brains. It can do coinselection, PIN protection, and can act like an offline Cashu hardware wallet. Things are going to get wild!
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You can now install your own instance of the site on your home server with the click of a button.
Big thanks to a dev named Denny for his help getting our app merged! Also, make sure to check out his community app store on Umbrel to support him (where he also has @Shopstr listed, ofc 😉):
https://github.com/dennysubke/dennys-umbrel-app-store

#shopfreely #yourkeysyourshop #shopstr
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One of our two senior developers has been forcibly detained and conscripted to participate in a war. When they first went missing, we revoked their repository access as a precaution. We soon learned their disappearance was completely unrelated to GrapheneOS. Our priority has been keeping them safe.
We've used our available connections to try to keep them safe. There's no way to get them out of the conscription. However, they're an incredibly talented security researcher and engineer and it would be extraordinarily misguided to send them to front line combat. This seems to be understood now.
GrapheneOS development and updates have continued and will keep going. We have substantial funds available to hire multiple experienced developers. We'll need to hire multiple experienced developers to fill their big shoes. They'll hopefully be safe and when they return we'll have a bigger team.
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So... MAKE SURE TO KNOW WHO THEY ARE and that you TRUST THEM with that information.
Nostr is just like a browser. The server has to know what you want to see to send it to you, and that gives them the power to track you and see what you are asking for. There is no way around it.
I can't stress this enough.
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we defy borders, hierarchies, and middlemen.
code is our passport. access is our right.
permissionless technologies defend freedoms.
they scale trust without institutions.
they enable action without approval.
no one asks to speak.
no one begs to build.
no one waits to change.
we build systems that can't be shut down.
we create tools that serve all, not the few.
we write code that liberates, not controls.
this is not just infrastructure.
it’s a revolution—
silent, sovereign, unstoppable.
we don’t ask.
we deploy.
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~ @allen
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Interested? Here's what to do:
1. Visit our landing page to join the priority investor list https://europe.republic.com/musqet/coming-soon
2. Fill in your details
3. We'll email you when the campaign goes live.
We are building the future of business on Bitcoin. Join us!
Approved by Republic Europe on 07/04/25

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Help save the business and turn it from fiat to bitcoin.
@BTC Prague has the supporting material and conference to make the job easier for you.
https://pages.btcprague.com/be-the-bitcoin-go-to-guy-in-your-company
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The Rainmaker by Joseph Sidari - selling Mother Earth's resources gets out of hand.
Read the story in Financial Fallout.
#bullishbounty
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Cypherpunk meetup in Prague as an official side event of BTC Prague happens on Thursday, 19th June and it's again on a (different) boat, so we will play pirates!
Tickets below the manifesto...
🔥 Webs, grids, meshes
🫂 Peer-to-peer Everything
We often get smitten by the picture of the world as a hierarchy: Someone always above, someone always below. Bosses, leaders, rulers, chains of command, all wrapped in societal imperatives.
But if you zoom out, the real world doesn’t run on pyramids – it runs on webs. Across the world, resilient communities and decentralized networks are quietly rewriting the rules. They don’t wait for permission. They don’t hold press conferences. They operate in whispers, in code, in trade, in trust. They don’t change the world top-down.They change it side-to-side, network to network.
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Cypherpunk meetup in Prague as an official side event of BTC Prague happens on Thursday, 17th June and it's again on a (different) boat, so we will play pirates!
Tickets below the manifesto...
🔥 Webs, grids, meshes
🫂 Peer-to-peer Everything
We often get smitten by the picture of the world as a hierarchy: Someone always above, someone always below. Bosses, leaders, rulers, chains of command, all wrapped in societal imperatives.
But if you zoom out, the real world doesn’t run on pyramids – it runs on webs. Across the world, resilient communities and decentralized networks are quietly rewriting the rules. They don’t wait for permission. They don’t hold press conferences. They operate in whispers, in code, in trade, in trust. They don’t change the world top-down.They change it side-to-side, network to network.
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Join us for the third edition!
https://pay.cypherpunk.today/apps/2XpjQGab73AHiuHq1KNEEyFFKSZx/crowdfund
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BTC Prague is crossing the Atlantic.
We’re bringing the hardcore Bitcoin ethos to Washington D.C. — because the mission matters.
2025 is the year of legitimization.
If the politicians won’t come to us in Prague, Nashville, or Vegas… we’ll go to them.
It’s time to plant orange seeds on Capitol Hill.
Let’s accelerate Bitcoin adoption — and push back against the crypto lobby.
BTC in DC is coming. 🇺🇸
Follow us and sign up with your email to stay tuned — Find out more through YouTube and via the link.
Save the date: September 30 – October 1, 2025
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If you're a builder or an investor, the first thing that should occur to you is to safeguard your Bitcoin.
Angor eliminates the risk of third-party custodians and gives the investor full control over their BTC before and during the investment period into a project.
Have you tested Angor yet?
https://test.angor.io/
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